Things bopping around in my head
And there are far too many tabs open, and the recruiter I had hoped to talk with yesterday (except that my phone was absolutely dead) and which fell through this morning (my fault, with a bit of a dose of new gmail annoyance) is not seeming to be in the office after noon, which is when I responded to her suggestion we talk this morning.
But anyway. I seem to lack the focus right now to deal with job boards as opposed to OKC or instant message conversations, and it's a bit late for coffee. I suspect it is really nice out right now-- it certainly was yesterday, so perhaps what I should do is at least walk up to the store and buy some kale (and coffee) so I can keep kale salad around as a base for later. I suppose I could also look up what's happening around 5 today re Fringe; Chris and I will be going to Commedia Romeo and Juliet's 7:30 show way up at Source. I've been meaning to buy a multipass, partly because then I would have two buttons and yay I could turn that into meeting up with someone from OKC, which I've forced myself to actually look at for the first time in a year, but such does not seem likely at this point to happen. I did have an enjoyable time chatting with someone way up in Baltimore, and found myself also in an email conversation with someone who later turned out to be on my FB friendslist, having met him at a dance in March, but oy. And time consuming.
Kicking around in my brain at the moment: does anybody else find the Plan B protection from generics kluge to be beyond weird? The result is that Plan B One-Step, which costs around $50, will be available on pharmacy and other retail shelves without restriction. The generic one-pill product, which costs about $10 less, may also be available on retail shelves (if it gets the FDA's blessing), but only to those age 17 and older. Those younger won't be able to purchase it at all.
And the much cheaper, two-pill versions will remain behind the pharmacy counter, where it will have to be requested and proof-of-age shown, with prescriptions required for those under age 17.
(I tried to write an explanation, but it was easier to just pull in from the article, because it was making my head spin.)
I've also been meaning to write about a bunch of different trans things -- heard, to my surprise (surprise re NPR), an article on NPR last week, implying that The Youth Are Rejecting Gender (I'm not entirely sure that's all youth as opposed to those at Oberlin) but which had some very thought provoking bits, particularly in terms of folks who wish different pronouns at different times (and while I know some such folks, it also makes me start wondering about the purported point of pronouns in a somewhat gendered language, if it causes the listener to have no idea who you're talking about) and then in looking for that article, I found another article from a couple years back about a clinic in Bostonish which specializes in trans youth and includes delaying puberty so it's not a matter of undoing, and so that everything can wait while other stuff sorts out, and then /that/ was an important plot point in a play Chris and I ended up at on Saturday (Bedroom Mirrors) as well as the concept of non binary gender, which came up again when I got around to reading an open tab the other night (last night?) that had been open for a while, and I don't even remember who originally posted the article, but it was an essay by someone after her facial feminization surgery. In the comments there was an argument about whether facial or bits surgery is what turns someone female, and what was also interesting to me is that I found the before pictures prettier.
Of course, many of these links are over on ThinMint the iPad, meaning that here, wehre I have easier access to more tabs and easier copy/paste and easier typing, well, now I'd have to go look them up. Which I suppose I could or should do but now it's 5pm. GAH
[edit: I may not be able to remember conversations anywhere near as well as I'd like, but google strings are easy.]
I've also been meaning to post another couple things about gender relations (changing the narrative, and the bunch of posters re intercession in bad situations) but I think that could use its own post and besides if I'm not going to get anything done on these applications I should at least get into what is apparently a gorgeous day.
But anyway. I seem to lack the focus right now to deal with job boards as opposed to OKC or instant message conversations, and it's a bit late for coffee. I suspect it is really nice out right now-- it certainly was yesterday, so perhaps what I should do is at least walk up to the store and buy some kale (and coffee) so I can keep kale salad around as a base for later. I suppose I could also look up what's happening around 5 today re Fringe; Chris and I will be going to Commedia Romeo and Juliet's 7:30 show way up at Source. I've been meaning to buy a multipass, partly because then I would have two buttons and yay I could turn that into meeting up with someone from OKC, which I've forced myself to actually look at for the first time in a year, but such does not seem likely at this point to happen. I did have an enjoyable time chatting with someone way up in Baltimore, and found myself also in an email conversation with someone who later turned out to be on my FB friendslist, having met him at a dance in March, but oy. And time consuming.
Kicking around in my brain at the moment: does anybody else find the Plan B protection from generics kluge to be beyond weird? The result is that Plan B One-Step, which costs around $50, will be available on pharmacy and other retail shelves without restriction. The generic one-pill product, which costs about $10 less, may also be available on retail shelves (if it gets the FDA's blessing), but only to those age 17 and older. Those younger won't be able to purchase it at all.
And the much cheaper, two-pill versions will remain behind the pharmacy counter, where it will have to be requested and proof-of-age shown, with prescriptions required for those under age 17.
(I tried to write an explanation, but it was easier to just pull in from the article, because it was making my head spin.)
I've also been meaning to write about a bunch of different trans things -- heard, to my surprise (surprise re NPR), an article on NPR last week, implying that The Youth Are Rejecting Gender (I'm not entirely sure that's all youth as opposed to those at Oberlin) but which had some very thought provoking bits, particularly in terms of folks who wish different pronouns at different times (and while I know some such folks, it also makes me start wondering about the purported point of pronouns in a somewhat gendered language, if it causes the listener to have no idea who you're talking about) and then in looking for that article, I found another article from a couple years back about a clinic in Bostonish which specializes in trans youth and includes delaying puberty so it's not a matter of undoing, and so that everything can wait while other stuff sorts out, and then /that/ was an important plot point in a play Chris and I ended up at on Saturday (Bedroom Mirrors) as well as the concept of non binary gender, which came up again when I got around to reading an open tab the other night (last night?) that had been open for a while, and I don't even remember who originally posted the article, but it was an essay by someone after her facial feminization surgery. In the comments there was an argument about whether facial or bits surgery is what turns someone female, and what was also interesting to me is that I found the before pictures prettier.
Of course, many of these links are over on ThinMint the iPad, meaning that here, wehre I have easier access to more tabs and easier copy/paste and easier typing, well, now I'd have to go look them up. Which I suppose I could or should do but now it's 5pm. GAH
[edit: I may not be able to remember conversations anywhere near as well as I'd like, but google strings are easy.]
I've also been meaning to post another couple things about gender relations (changing the narrative, and the bunch of posters re intercession in bad situations) but I think that could use its own post and besides if I'm not going to get anything done on these applications I should at least get into what is apparently a gorgeous day.